But I am not very positive about BD in T20s, this is a format where we suck bad.
let's hope for the best. :flag:

Nadim

November 3, 2013, 12:20 PM

ai juge sotter kono dam naire bhai!

Setai...

ddude

November 3, 2013, 12:22 PM

Bismillah.

We are weak in T20s and I do't know if we have it in us to go about setting up a score. The team, though have come a long way which is good to see. Hope we win this.

Eshen

November 3, 2013, 12:28 PM

I wonder if they will continue with Zia-Shuvo pair, or Tamim will return for the match.

Razi

November 3, 2013, 12:31 PM

Hahaha, never thought my format will be such a hit among the BC members that everyone will ask for it in every match thread. Anyways, great thread Zinat, I hope this becomes the format for every T20I that we play, all the best to you and the Tigers!
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Roey Haque

November 3, 2013, 02:52 PM

This is a baaaddd thread! And when I say bad, I mean good!

The tigers will look to beat em so bad, that kiwis will fly after this.

My prediction ..... Bd will win inshallah..... Reason, too many performer born in one month time & everybody will trying to be last minitue hero.... Although kiewie is a good team for t20... But i recon, bd is way far dangerous team now than before.... So kiwie dont have too much chance here, unless black friday show up early??? Will get the ans. nov 6...:flag:

The format is not important and as the series has been a satisfaction we all are enjoying
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Night_wolf

November 4, 2013, 01:26 PM

This is a thread for T20.

The format is not important and as the series has been a satisfaction we all are enjoying
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ai monobhab playerder thakle T20 WC e 2nd round r khela lagbena

MHRAM

November 4, 2013, 01:41 PM

ai monobhab playerder thakle T20 WC e 2nd round r khela lagbena

I am not of the opinion that we should really leave T20 alone.

Test is important, then comes ODIs. T20s are not a great indicator of the team's progress. Thats how I feel. I don't see any use of those T20s against Ireland or TnT. Afterall we still failed big time where it matters most. I would say that some FC matches would do quite a good to us instead in the long run.

T20 like mushfiq said is a fun format. But as professionals they will take seriously. I want them to qualify, but I will stick to my opinion.
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Nadim

November 4, 2013, 02:02 PM

NZ, Be aware of Nayeem and Riyad! Both to score a quick hundred :joybangla:

Saifulsohel

November 4, 2013, 02:05 PM

Soumya may make debut if Tamim is considered unfit in fitness test. http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/soumya-makes-the-grade/

epitaph

November 4, 2013, 02:40 PM

The T20 WC is around the corner, we will host it, and we suck in this format. I've no idea why many fans and the team sees this as a "fun" encounter. Tests and ODIs are more important, but we should strive to get better in this format too, and as hosts, it'll be doubly embarrassing if we do poorly in home conditions.

A couple of new faces are more than welcome to see if they can perform better.

ma_o_mati

November 4, 2013, 03:34 PM

We need to do a lot better in t20. NZ have some great hitters as seen in the last odi. Our bowling and fielding has to be very tight. Can't take this format lightly. T20 is here to stay and we should take it very very seriously. Momentum is with us, hope we come out as winners.

Rinathq

November 4, 2013, 04:47 PM

Bangladesh's bowling in T20 has been a bigger worry these days. We need our best T20 bowler Shakib badly. His 4 overs could have been game changing. I hope Mushy uses Zia more in this match. Drop Rubel if possible. His records has been terrible in T20. Raj has to play a key role

Rifat

November 4, 2013, 08:48 PM

NZ, Be aware of Nayeem and Riyad! Both to score a quick hundred :joybangla:

As much as we are so eager to drop Naeem or Riyad or both, this is probably one of the first time in our cricketing history that Naeem or Riyad is likely to the make it to the side just because "there is not one better to replace them". With that being said, both of them played good(especially Naeem) Riyad gave us the crucial breakthroughs. It is unfair to drop Riyad, as the current situation stands he is most likely to get dropped(but being a vice captain, and great relationship with Skipper Mushfiqur :-p) it is unlikely and I am afraid the chop might fall onto Mominul/Naeem(again, both did pretty decent, no more than decent...Alhamdulillah).

Definitely Naaem, Riyad and Mominul all should be kept in the loop whether all of them or only 2 out of the three makes the final XI in the next series.

I am tempted to demote Nasir to #7 when Shakib comes back. #7 spot especially in the shorter formats does not really suit Mominul or Riyad or Naeem based on their playing styles and ability,

#3 and #4 goes to players who are good accumulators and provide sound stability in the top order(IMHO, Naeem and Mominul provides just that)

It's really a tough call...

Rifat

November 4, 2013, 08:59 PM

keep the same lineup as ODI, only suggestion maybe just maybe introduce Soumya replacing Zia, but when Zia Connects, it's a :six: ;)

AsifTheManRahman

November 4, 2013, 09:11 PM

I think our batting runs deep enough that we can afford to have Zia open in this game, but keeping the long run (and the WC) in mind, it might not be such a bad idea to try out Sumaiya, because Zia is not a long term solution.

cricbook

November 4, 2013, 09:56 PM

Bd need to bat first.... Otherwise nz will pile big runs.... But under pressure they wont be that much dangerous if they do bat first...... Also bd will put them pitch of spin mine.... So it will be interesting match.... Looking forward to it....:flag:

MHRAM

November 4, 2013, 10:57 PM

I hope al amin plays

Will be unfair on his behalf
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al-Sagar

November 4, 2013, 11:22 PM

kee obostha ??? thread kee jome utheche ???

Sohel

November 4, 2013, 11:57 PM

kee obostha ??? thread kee jome utheche ???

Countdown thread eyakta khuila falao. On a more serious note, looking forward to see if we've become more comfortable with the unique nuances of this format.

zinatf

November 5, 2013, 12:31 AM

Baah!! :clap: Nekre dekhi bhalo form-e ase bojha jachche ;)

On topic: Insha Allah, kalke bhalo ekta khelar asha korchi :)

On topic, I LOVE tigers, be it the animal/cricketers, puttting up a tigeress avatar's not important, why does everything have to genderwise? Anyway, COME ON TIGERS :bravo:

t20lover

November 5, 2013, 01:35 AM

Don't even remember when Bangladesh won a T20 match against top 8 team.

zinatf

November 5, 2013, 01:38 AM

Don't even remember when Bangladesh won a T20 match against top 8 team.

Have you forgotten the win against WI in dhaka? Although it was in 2011, but still "top 8"

t20lover

November 5, 2013, 01:41 AM

Have you forgotten the win against WI in dhaka? Although it was in 2011, but still "top 8"

I think our batting runs deep enough that we can afford to have Zia open in this game, but keeping the long run (and the WC) in mind, it might not be such a bad idea to try out Sumaiya, because Zia is not a long term solution.

I think he can be a good batsman. I liked his hitting abilities but except when he misses the slogs :(

He has the build to be a very good allrounder in any form. His bowling revived, his batting can be polished with the help of a batting coach, his fielding is ok. If he stops slogging then he will be very useful allrounder mind you.

On this match: Denying NZ winning any match will be a massive boost to us. It will be bigger than Banglawash.

I don't understand dropping Zia from a T20 side! Really don't get it. Last match he set the tone for us.

What Soumya has done so far? 19.36 batting average in List A matches and selectors are eager to field a player by dropping Zia?

Also Mahmudullah should not be in the T20 team to me at least. Zia should be in the T20 team in any givem day.

I am clueless.

Antora

November 5, 2013, 07:05 AM

I have an exam the day after this match. So no watching for me. Which is also kind of good since I'm not a fan of t20s. Anyway, hope the end result will be something for us to cheer about. Good luck Bangladesh & good luck Zinat Apu :) hehehe.

Zunaid

November 5, 2013, 07:13 AM

I don't understand dropping Zia from a T20 side! Really don't get it. Last match he set the tone for us.

What Soumya has done so far? 19.36 batting average in List A matches and selectors are eager to field a player by dropping Zia?

Also Mahmudullah should not be in the T20 team to me at least. Zia should be in the T20 team in any givem day.

I am clueless.

We don't know that yet. Soumya has been brought into the 15 to replace Tamim, who is injured. Zia is still there. We do not know what the playing 11 is going to be yet so you might want to hold your horses for a bit.

BD_TigerZ

November 5, 2013, 07:29 AM

Zia and Soumya should both play Zia stays Riyad out.

simon

November 5, 2013, 07:34 AM

has it been confirmed that TI won't be playing ?
And if that is the case then let's have Vijay back with Kopa, Vijay did well for DG, I don't want to see Jiah, and a new comer Soumaiya .

Naimul_Hd

November 5, 2013, 07:59 AM

I have an exam the day after this match. So no watching for me. Which is also kind of good since I'm not a fan of t20s. Anyway, hope the end result will be something for us to cheer about. Good luck Bangladesh & good luck Zinat Apu :) hehehe.

You are going to miss this match because you have an exam NEXT day ? :-B

During my exam time, I used to sit in front of the TV with all my books open. Whenever there was a Ad break or drinks break, I used to skim through books, notes. Here you are talking about Bangladesh game, I did this too even when Bangladesh was not even playing. No wonder, I used to get poor marks in the exams.

Naimul_Hd

November 5, 2013, 08:01 AM

We don't know that yet. Soumya has been brought into the 15 to replace Tamim, who is injured. Zia is still there. We do not know what the playing 11 is going to be yet so you might want to hold your horses for a bit.

My prediction:

Soumya and Shubho will open and Zia will replace Riyad in the lower order. There is a news that Al-Amin can also play in place of Rubel.

Zeeshan

November 5, 2013, 08:02 AM

You are going to miss this match because you have an exam NEXT day ? :-B

During my exam time, I used to sit in front of the TV with all my books open. Whenever there was a Ad break or drinks break, I used to skim through books, notes. Here you are talking about Bangladesh game, I did this too even when Bangladesh was not even playing. No wonder, I used to get poor marks in the exams.

Hint!

The highlighted parts?

Naimul_Hd

November 5, 2013, 08:23 AM

Hint!

The highlighted parts?

Hint tint diye labh nai bhai, I never bothered about marks to be honest ! I am glad that I did so and watched Lara's test saving innings with Walsh, Tendulkar's great innings against McGrath and Warne in Sharjah, Steve Waugh's captains knock against WI and many more ! I can't even remember what marks I got in those exams but I can still remember those matches and cherish memories :)

Nadim

November 5, 2013, 08:26 AM

You are going to miss this match because you have an exam NEXT day ? :-B

During my exam time, I used to sit in front of the TV with all my books open. Whenever there was a Ad break or drinks break, I used to skim through books, notes. Here you are talking about Bangladesh game, I did this too even when Bangladesh was not even playing. No wonder, I used to get poor marks in the exams.

As least am not alone

epitaph

November 5, 2013, 08:29 AM

My prediction:

Soumya and Shubho will open and Zia will replace Riyad in the lower order. There is a news that Al-Amin can also play in place of Rubel.

That'd be my XI too. Riyad and Rubel have disappointed in this format. Zia is good in T20's.

Tamim has officially been ruled out. So most likely we'll see Soumya making his debut and open with Shamsur. And Zia needs to play in place of either Naeem, Mominul, or Riyad. Also I know Rubel has played the whole series but he needs to play this match. He might not have a good record, but he's still the best death bowler in the team, certainly better than Mash. Throwing in a young Al-Amin in a format like T20 would not be a risk worth taking IMO.

Nadim

November 5, 2013, 08:50 AM

You giving advice to kids so they stop revising and watch the match, and you are not even watching.

Tamim has officially been ruled out. So most likely we'll see Soumya making his debut and open with Shamsur. And Zia needs to play in place of either Naeem, Mominul, or Riyad. Also I know Rubel has played the whole series but he needs to play this match. He might not have a good record, but he's still the best death bowler in the team, certainly better than Mash. Throwing in a young Al-Amin in a format like T20 would not be a risk worth taking IMO.

Hint tint diye labh nai bhai, I never bothered about marks to be honest ! I am glad that I did so and watched Lara's test saving innings with Walsh, Tendulkar's great innings against McGrath and Warne in Sharjah, Steve Waugh's captains knock against WI and many more ! I can't even remember what marks I got in those exams but I can still remember those matches and cherish memories :)

I am not convinced he is an opener at this time, and we struggled to pick him for Dhaka Gladiators in any meaningful role. That said, it might be he has dramatically improved and it would be good for the lad if he gets a chance. Soumya is a brilliant fielder, but hasn't yet shown anything (in my view) that warrants a T20 International call up. However, I know that Habibul Bashar is a huge fan of Soumya Sarkar from the days when he advised us at the BPL.

Dollar Mahmud was always someone who never came through as we all hoped from 2010 as a fast bowling all rounder. Perhaps the new regime see Soumya in that role?

But given the BPL format (T20) I don't understand why Anamul would be excluded from the team, as he is an electric batter in this format - unless he is injured of course.

Let's see. I hope whoever is selected does very well.

epitaph

November 5, 2013, 11:04 AM

I hardly know anything about Soumya but was excited about a new name and assumed he was picked because he's at least decent. But sounds like it might have been a poor selection.

If Soumya starts, who'd be a better pick for third, Mominul or Anamul?

That is what happens when you bring a new player in wrong format. They tried Anamul in two tests and one ODI and not only he failed, he looked not ready at all at this level. Sadly he is ignored in T20 where he should have been tried in the 1st place. Fair or not, that's the way it works in Bangladesh cricket.

That is the reason I (as a fan of Anamul) wanted him to take a break after one ODI, so that he doesn't make too much permamnent damage (in the eyes of the selectors) and not get selected in future series. He is young and he is talented, if he works hard its a matter of time before he should be back.

As for SS, I will wait and see him play before I pre-judge him. Untill I see him play, I would rather give the benefit of doubt to the selectors, becasue these players can improve leaps and bounds within matter of months. I heard negaitve things about Momin and Shamsu before this series, but both of them along with Marshall created a very positive image in my mind after whatcing them play in this series.

Ian Pont

November 5, 2013, 11:30 AM

That is what happens when you bring a new player in wrong format.

Then the selectors have little or no idea what they are doing.

Fazal

November 5, 2013, 11:36 AM

Then the selectors have little or no idea what they are doing.

I don't know. May be they gambled and it didn't worked out. Its also true that you may think someone is ready, and unless you try you will never know for sure if he is ready or not.

I like the fact that they are trying different players, some of them will work fine and some of them will not work. Its better than selecting same old players with known issues, with the excuse of playing it safe. To me, that send a wrong message to a player. I would rather appriciate their recent approach (with more hit than miss) than their previous apporach of status quo and not sending right message to repeated offenders.

As a fan, I can only say after the fact, which is too easy to do. But then again, this is what a fan does and supposed to do.

CricketPagolChele

November 5, 2013, 11:44 AM

Wash is done, Dry has to be done now. InshAllah, that will be done too..

I don't know. May be they gambled and it didn't worked out. Its also true that you may think someone is ready, and unless you try you will never know for sure if he is ready or not.
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Well, I am with Ian here...

For example, Mullah takes/needs time to set, thus, he should NOT be in T20 team
Shabbir is a proper T20 player and he is not in the team...

Then one can say Shabbir is not proven, well he is. The knowledge <TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap>Gowza (http://www.banglacricket.com/alochona/member.php?u=5547)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> has about Bangladesh cricket, I wonder even a BCB director has even 25% of his...

Fazal

November 5, 2013, 03:10 PM

Well, I am with Ian here...

For example, Mullah takes/needs time to set, thus, he should NOT be in T20 team
Shabbir is a proper T20 player and he is not in the team...

Then one can say Shabbir is not proven, well he is. The knowledge <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap>Gowza (http://www.banglacricket.com/alochona/member.php?u=5547)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>has about Bangladesh cricket, I wonder even a BCB director has even 25% of his...

KP Bhai,

What Ian and I was talking about was on the "merit of Anamul's selection in the test" and from that discussion the comments you quoted. I thought I need to be clear about that.

You brought up two very good points. One about Ryiad and about Shabbir. There can be different POV about why they should be selected or not. You expressed one opinion. The other can be: a) Ryiad is a bit and piece of a player and thats why he should not be in the test, because he is not very good batsman, nor he is a very good dominationg bowler. b) Shabbir, regardless how much talented he may be, the selectors may be thinking that he is not yet ready.

But just to be clear, if Ryiad is dropped and Shabbir is selected, I wouln't complain. Actually I would be glad. But I can also tolerate if Riad is in the team and we may need to wait longer for Shabbir. Because it's not that Ryiad is a real deadwood (like Ashraful for example); or Shabbir is not 100% guranteed to be successful right now.

Regardless how imperfect our selectors are, I really appriciate their new change of starategy, now they are more bold in thier selection than ever before and don't believe in sticking with the same player(s) if they realize they made a mistake and the player is not ready and/or the player is making same mistakes again and again.

About Gowza and our BCB director's knowledge, I would rather not glorify that comments. Regardless how much I like Gowza and consider him one of the more knowledgeable fan, he is another fan, and his opinion is solely based on what he has seen in games or read in the media. Comparing him with BCB director is not fair to him or BCB director.

The squad i chose.... 8 can bat & 2 can slog anywere.... So if nz bat first score around 180, still we got chance to chase down with so many batters... If bd bat first, should score more than 170.... So lets go win the cup...:flag:

Rifat H

November 6, 2013, 01:25 AM

Dupure T20 khelar ki darkar achilo

SMHasan

November 6, 2013, 01:43 AM

Dupure T20 khelar ki darkar achilo

Only DUMB BCB knows that.

Saifulsohel

November 6, 2013, 01:50 AM

probably floodlights of sylhet are not ready. they couldnt change schedule afterwards.